Research and analysis
NOIDs causative agents: week 24 (week ending 18 June 2023)
Updated 2 January 2024
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Laboratories in England have a statutory duty to notify the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) of the identification of the following causative agents:
- Bacillus anthracis
- Bacillus cereus
- Bordetella pertussis
- Borrelia spp
- Brucella spp
- Burkholderia mallei
- Burkholderia pseudomallei
- Campylobacter spp
- Carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative bacteria
- Chikungunya virus
- Chlamydophila psittaci
- Clostridium botulinum
- Clostridium perfringens
- Clostridium tetani
- Corynebacterium diphtheriae
- Corynebacterium ulcerans
- Coxiella burnetii
- Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus
- Cryptosporidium spp
- Dengue virus
- Ebola virus
- Entamoeba histolytica
- Escherichia coli O 157
- Francisella tularensis
- Giardia lamblia
- Guanarito virus
- Haemophilus influenzae (invasive)
- Hanta virus
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Hepatitis D
- Hepatitis E
- Influenza virus
- Junin virus
- Kyasanur Forest disease virus
- Lassa virus
- Legionella spp
- Leptospira interrogans
- Listeria monocytogenes
- Machupo virus
- Marburg virus
- Measles virus
- Mpox (monkeypox) virus
- Mumps virus
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex
- Neisseria meningitidis
- Omsk haemorrhagic fever virus
- Plasmodium falciparum
- Plasmodium knowlesi
- Plasmodium malariae
- Plasmodium ovale
- Plasmodium vivax
- Polio virus
- Rabies virus
- Rickettsia spp
- Rift Valley fever virus
- Rubella virus
- Sabia virus
- Salmonella spp
- SARS coronavirus
- Shigella spp
- Streptococcus group A (invasive)
- Streptococcus pneumoniae (invasive)
- Varicella zoster virus
- Variola virus
- Vibrio cholerae
- West Nile virus
- Yellow fever virus
- Yersinia pestis
Statutory notifications of causative agents, grouped by root organism
Totals for the current week compared to the previous 5.
| Week notification received | 2023/19 | 2023/20 | 2023/21 | 2023/22 | 2023/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arboviruses | ||||||
| West Nile virus | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - |
| Bacillus | ||||||
| Bacillus cereus | 14 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 24 | 18 |
| Bordetella | ||||||
| Bordetella pertussis | 5 | 6 | - | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| Borrelia | ||||||
| Borrelia burgdorferi | 21 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 24 | 14 |
| Borrelia sp | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Borrelia tillae | - | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | - |
| Brucella | ||||||
| Brucella intermedia | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brucella melitensis | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Brucella sp | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Burkholderia | ||||||
| Burkholderia pseudomallei | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Campylobacter | ||||||
| Campylobacter coli | 16 | 21 | 23 | 27 | 41 | 33 |
| Campylobacter fetus | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Campylobacter jejuni | 233 | 351 | 313 | 291 | 360 | 321 |
| Campylobacter lari | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Campylobacter other named | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Campylobacter sp | 742 | 1,161 | 1,045 | 957 | 1,357 | 1,410 |
| Campylobacter upsaliensis | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| Chikungunya virus | ||||||
| Chikungunya virus | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Clostridium | ||||||
| Clostridium perfringens | 34 | 33 | 49 | 27 | 35 | 25 |
| Coronavirus | ||||||
| Coronavirus | 45 | 28 | 35 | 24 | 23 | 25 |
| Human coronavirus 229e | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Human coronavirus hku1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| SARS coronavirus | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate | 142 | 132 | 80 | 74 | 70 | 111 |
| SARS-CoV-2 antibody void | 7 | - | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 |
| SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) | 7,996 | 6,821 | 5,891 | 4,697 | 4,298 | 3,115 |
| SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) indeterminate | 100 | 78 | 68 | 71 | 48 | 95 |
| SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative | 80 | 60 | 59 | 48 | 46 | 78 |
| SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive | 307 | 179 | 181 | 120 | 173 | 363 |
| SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative | 73 | 79 | 79 | 38 | 62 | 57 |
| SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive | 192 | 216 | 201 | 118 | 136 | 154 |
| Corynebacterium | ||||||
| Corynebacterium diphtheriae | - | - | 1 | 1 | 7 | - |
| Corynebacterium ulcerans | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| Coxiella | ||||||
| Coxiella burnetii | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Cryptosporidium | ||||||
| Cryptosporidium cuniculus | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Cryptosporidium hominis | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| Cryptosporidium meleagridis | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Cryptosporidium parvum | 81 | 80 | 64 | 46 | 43 | 20 |
| Cryptosporidium sp | 37 | 34 | 25 | 20 | 29 | 49 |
| Cryptosporidium ubiquitum | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Entamoeba | ||||||
| Entamoeba histolytica | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Escherichia | ||||||
| Escherichia coli O 157 | 10 | 8 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 6 |
| Flaviviruses | ||||||
| Dengue virus | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Haemophilus | ||||||
| Haemophilus influenzae | 66 | 65 | 69 | 74 | 62 | 57 |
| Hepatitis viruses | ||||||
| Hepatitis A | 12 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 13 |
| Hepatitis B | 240 | 288 | 293 | 254 | 300 | 260 |
| Hepatitis C | 330 | 407 | 468 | 331 | 386 | 394 |
| Hepatitis D | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Hepatitis E | 18 | 21 | 37 | 20 | 29 | 38 |
| Influenza virus | ||||||
| Influenza A | 41 | 36 | 31 | 49 | 34 | 47 |
| Influenza B | 101 | 71 | 53 | 25 | 32 | 26 |
| Influenza indeterminate | - | 7 | 14 | 1 | 5 | - |
| Influenza ungrouped | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Legionella | ||||||
| Legionella pneumophila | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
| Legionella sp | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| Listeria | ||||||
| Listeria monocytogenes | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 |
| Mycobacterium | ||||||
| Mycobacterium tuberculosis | 81 | 96 | 107 | 104 | 99 | 95 |
| Neisseria | ||||||
| Neisseria meningitidis | 14 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 15 | 24 |
| Orthopoxvirus | ||||||
| Mpox virus | 4 | 4 | - | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Paramyxoviruses | ||||||
| Measles virus | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Mumps virus | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | - | 13 |
| Plasmodium | ||||||
| Plasmodium falciparum | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | - | 18 |
| Plasmodium ovale | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Plasmodium vivax | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 |
| Polyomavirus | ||||||
| Polyomavirus BK | 32 | 54 | 28 | 34 | 38 | 37 |
| Polyomavirus JC | 6 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 12 |
| Polyomavirus untyped | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Rickettsia | ||||||
| Rickettsia spotted fever | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Rubella virus | ||||||
| Rubella virus | - | 4 | - | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| Salmonella | ||||||
| Other salmonellas | 60 | 72 | 75 | 63 | 42 | 34 |
| Salmonella enteritidis | 50 | 51 | 57 | 60 | 34 | 15 |
| Salmonella infantis | 5 | 7 | - | - | - | - |
| Salmonella newport | - | - | 5 | - | - | - |
| Salmonella sp | 13 | 16 | 11 | 21 | 81 | 172 |
| Salmonella stanley | - | 5 | - | 5 | - | - |
| Salmonella typhi and paratyphi | 17 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 6 |
| Salmonella typhimurium | 28 | 27 | 29 | 35 | 20 | 7 |
| Salmonella enterica | - | 5 | 6 | - | - | - |
| Shigella | ||||||
| Shigella boydii | 3 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - |
| Shigella dysenteriae | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| Shigella flexneri | 18 | 19 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 12 |
| Shigella sonnei | 13 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 29 | 22 |
| Shigella sp | 41 | 50 | 40 | 41 | 49 | 73 |
| Streptococcus | ||||||
| Streptococcus group A | 74 | 65 | 98 | 67 | 92 | 77 |
| Streptococcus pneumoniae | 74 | 109 | 106 | 113 | 104 | 89 |
| Vibrio | ||||||
| Vibrio cholerae | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE)
For all Carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative organisms, the reports are de-duplicated by first mention of organism species and resistance mechanism by person in a rolling 52-week period.
Note: the numbers presented here do not include specimens that have been referred to the AMRHAI Reference Unit.
| Week notification received | 2023/19 | 2023/20 | 2023/21 | 2023/22 | 2023/23 | 2023/24 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citrobacter | |||||||
| Citrobacter spp | KPC | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
| NDM | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | |
| OXA48 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
| Other | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | |
| Enterobacter | |||||||
| Enterobacter cloacae complex | IMP | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| KPC | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | |
| NDM | 3 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 2 | |
| OXA48 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | - | - | |
| Other | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | |
| Other enterobacter spp | IMP | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| KPC | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| NDM | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | |
| OXA48 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
| VIM | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | |
| Escherichia | |||||||
| Escherichia coli | IMP | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| KPC | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | |
| NDM | 17 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 4 | |
| OXA48 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 5 | |
| VIM | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Other | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | |
| Escherichia vulneris | KPC | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Klebsiella | |||||||
| Klebsiella aerogenes | KPC | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| NDM | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | |
| OXA48 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Other | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Klebsiella oxytoca | KPC | 1 | 4 | - | 2 | 1 | - |
| Klebsiella oxytoca | NDM | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| OXA48 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae | IMP | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| KPC | 6 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | |
| NDM | 6 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 10 | - | |
| OXA48 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 1 | |
| Other | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Klebsiella variicola | KPC | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Other klebsiella spp | KPC | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| NDM | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| OXA48 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| VIM | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | |
| Morganella | |||||||
| Morganella morganii | OXA48 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Pantoea | |||||||
| Pantoea agglomerans | KPC | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Proteus | |||||||
| Proteus mirabilis | NDM | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| OXA48 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | |
| Salmonella | |||||||
| Salmonella kentucky | OXA48 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Serratia | |||||||
| Serratia marcescens/ureilytica | NDM | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| OXA48 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Other carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative organisms
For all Carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative organisms, the reports are de-duplicated by first mention of organism species and resistance mechanism by person in a rolling 52-week period.
Note: the numbers presented here do not include specimens that have been referred to the AMRHAI Reference Unit.
| Week notification received | 2023/19 | 2023/20 | 2023/21 | 2023/22 | 2023/23 | 2023/24 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acinetobacter | |||||||
| Acinetobacter baumannii | NDM | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Acinetobacter calcoaceticus/baumannii complex | NDM | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Other | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Pseudomonas | |||||||
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | IMP | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| NDM | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | |
| VIM | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Other | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| Other pseudomonas spp | NDM | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Other | |||||||
| KPC | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | |
| OXA48 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Other | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |